ALIEN INTERVIEW - THE NEW EARTH - Earth Changes and The ...

• The Egyptian's Holy Sycamore also stood on the threshold of life and death,
connecting the two worlds.
• In Germanic paganism, trees played a prominent role, appearing in various
aspects of surviving texts and possibly in the name of gods.
• The tree of life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world tree, a massive
tree with extensive lore surrounding it. Perhaps related to the Yggdrasil, accounts
have survived of Germanic Tribes honouring sacred trees within their societies.
• In Norse Mythology it is the golden apples from Iðunn's tree that provides
immortality for the gods.
• The Tree of Life is mentioned in the Books of Genesis, in which it has the
potential to grant immortality to Adam and Eve. (However, it is not immediately
obvious, nor is it universally accepted, that the Book of Genesis account and the
Book of Revelation account speak of the same Tree of Life.)
• A Tree of Life, in the form of ten interconnected nodes, is an important part of
the Kabbalah. As such, it resembles the ten Sephirot.
• The Tree of Life appears in the Book of Mormon in a revelation to Lehi (see 1 Nephi
8:10-12). It is symbolic of the love of God (see 1 Nephi 11:21-23), and sometimes
understood as salvation and post-mortal existence.
• Etz Chaim, Hebrew for "Tree of Life", is a common term used in Judaism. The
expression, found in the Book of Proverbs, is figuratively applied to the Torah itself.
• Among pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, the concept of "world trees" is a
prevalent motif in Mesoamerican mythical cosmologies and iconography. World
trees embodied the four cardinal directions, which represented also the fourfold
nature of a central world tree, a symbolic axis mundi connecting the planes of
the Underworld and the sky with that of the terrestrial world.
• Depictions of world trees, both in their directional and central aspects, are found in
the art and mythological traditions of cultures such as the Maya, Aztec,
Izapan, Mixtec, Olmec, and others, dating to at least the Mid/Late Formative
periods of Mesoamerican chronology.
• Directional world trees are also associated with the four Year bearers in
Mesoamerican calendars, and the directional colors and deities.
• World trees are frequently depicted with birds in their branches, and their roots
extending into earth or water (sometimes atop a "water-monster", symbolic of
the underworld).
• The central world tree has also been interpreted as a representation of the band
of the Milky Way. Fragment of a bronze helmet from Urartu, with the "Tree of Life"
depicted.
• In ancient Armrenia around 13th to 6th century BC, the Tree of Life was a
religious symbol, drawn onto the exterior walls of fortresses and carved on the
armour of warriors. The branches of the tree were equally divided on the right and
left sides of the stem, with each branch having one leaf, and one leaf on the apex of
the tree. Servants (some winged) stood on each side of the tree with one of their
hands up as if they are taking care of it. This tree can be found on numerous Urartu
artifacts, such as paintings on the walls of the Erebuni fortress in Yerevan, Armenia.
• The symbolism of the tree is mentioned in the 135th hymn of the 10th book of
Rig-Veda, and in the 15th chapter of Bhagavad-gita (1-4).
• In the Japanese religion of Shinto, trees were marked with sacred paper
symbolizing lightning bolts, as trees were thought to be sacred. This was
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